February 28, 2014

To the Personnel Director: I give you my highest recommendation or !ac"ie #$ie elho er as she a%%lies a %osition in your %hysical education de%artment& 'he is an outstanding educator& !ac"ie $as selected to be our 1st semester %hysical education intern in the all o 201(& )er assignment a orded her the o%%ortunity to $or" $ith elementary, middle school and high school students * including three classes or $hich she $as the sole instructor all semester& In addition to teaching %hysical education, !ac"ie also team+taught a middle school health class& I have ound her to be a very e ective educator and $ould certainly hire her i $e had a %osition o%en& 'he communicates $ell and is very organi,ed& 'he did a nice -ob o designing and im%lementing lessons, establishing e.%ectations, and ostering a %ositive learning environment& !ac"ie connected $ell $ith students, sta and %arents& I can truly say our students have learned a great deal rom her and en-oyed the %rocess& I thin" !ac"ie/s dedication * both to her students and to her gro$th as a %ro essional educator merits s%ecial mention& 'he actively see"s %ro essional challenges because she understands that gro$th comes rom being %ushed beyond one/s com ort level& 'ome e.am%les o challenges she has tac"led include some intense %racticum $or" at the 0au 1laire 2cademy 3an at+ris" school in 0au 1laire4 $hich she describes as one o the most demanding and re$arding e.%eriences she has ever had& 2dditionally, here at 5ondovi she has ormed strong $or"ing relationshi%s $ith students rom all bac"grounds6 $or"ing es%ecially closely $ith our 078D teacher to ind $ays to hel% a grou% o students $ho ordinarily do not %artici%ate very e ectively in %hysical education& )er internshi% ended $ith the start o second semester, but $e have continued to hire !ac"ie as a substitute at every o%%ortunity as she does such an e.cellent -ob& I am al$ays im%ressed $ith the $or" she does, and the outstanding ra%%ort she has $ith our learners& )er energy, commitment, and natural ability to reach students $ill ma"e her a very %ositive addition to any aculty& Please eel ree to contact me or any additional in ormation you may re9uire& 'incerely,

5ichael 8runing

5ondovi 5iddle and )igh 'chool Princi%al